Brand v. Chicago Housing Authority

MAJOR, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a decree, entered December 3, 1940, dismissing plaintiffs complaint for want of equity. The action, brought by ten named plaintiffs on behalf o F themselves and others similarly situated, sought to enjoin the defendant from instituting or maintaining any proceeding for the purpose of evicting them from Federally owned Housing Projects operated by the defendant. Plaintiffs were in possession as tenants of apartments in two Federal Housing Projects known as Jane Addams House and Julia Lathrop Homes, located in the City of Chicago, and operated under…